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Serjeant LEONARD JAMES COLSTON

Service Number: 5488898
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Hampshire Regiment

2/4th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 14 May 1942

Age 37 years old

Buried or commemorated at

ALTON CEMETERY

Sec. H. Grave 335.

United Kingdom

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Harry John and Harriet Matilda Colston, of Alton; husband of Louisa Ellen Colston, of Alton.
  • Personal Inscription NOT A DAY DO I FORGET YOU IN MY HEART YOU ARE ALWAYS NEAR
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Buried or commemorated at

ALTON CEMETERY
Hampshire United Kingdom
Number of casualties: 22
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